Dyet Yarns: reuse, recycle, reinvent!

Recently, I discovered knitting fiction. Fantasy and mystery knitting fiction, in particular. I started out with a tiny hardback from the bargain bin at Borders, Knitting: A Novel by Anne Bartlett. I put this tiny book by my bed and vowed to read a little each night. A year later, I ventured in slightly deeper; [...]

Tags: audiobooks, books, communication, kids, Knitting, morals, reading, society

It has come to my attention that I have been neglecting you. I’m sorry. You fell by the wayside during my frenzy of learning about spinning, cranking through my stash, and dyeing new yarn and fiber. I really do care about you. But check out all the cool things I was doing when I wasn’t [...]

Tags: Citron, finishing, handspun, Knitting, lace, shawl, shopping, socks, spinning, stash, wool

This year I attended Rhinebeck with a couple of lovely ladies from a Rav swap group I participate in. We had a great time checking out the fibery goodness, meeting up with other Ravelers, and seeing the animals. Yes, I am poor. However, I got a job this semester and I am making enough money [...]

Tags: dyeing, hoarding, Ravelry, Rhinebeck, selfish, spinning, stash, wool, yarn

The Etsy shop will be updated tomorrow, October 1. There are a few new batches of upcycled yarn and some variegated/stripey skeins of Halloween colors. I’m knitting up a sample pair of socks to see what it looks like on them… I basically have stripes that are one row thick. A neat look, but I [...]

School is back on, and classes are great so far. This year I’m going to be keeping up with my dyeing; it’s a great creative outlet that doesn’t give me wrist injuries! I can intersperse it with my knitting. Speaking of which, I’m working on a Seaside Shawlette with some of my own recycled, hand-dyed [...]

Tags: dyeing, Etsy, fiber, pattern, phat fiber, polwarth, sampler, shawl, stash, sweater, thrift, top, wool, yarn

Well, I’m back from the vacation of pain (it was a good vacation at the beach, but my body hates me) and working on regaining my shoulder strength. I can spin very, very gently for a very short period of time or knit a few rows on something. I can type a little bit with [...]

Tags: dyeing, lace, pain, Ravelry, recovery, sick, spinning, vacation

Going to the Doctor is sort of an ordeal for me. As a student with basically zero income, I despise paying someone money to tell me what I already know. Because of this, I generally only go when there is something the Doc can do that I cannot – like prescribe painkillers. My rotator cuff [...]

Tags: broken, doctor, Knitting, rsi, shoulder, spinning, tour de fleece

As I suspected, it is probably an injured rotator cuff. The doctors juiced me up on painkillers, and boy is that good stuff. So here are some socks! Tippy toes of my Labyrinth socks from SG Traveler (mmmmmm) Feet (yay heels!) of my On Hold socks with DiC Smooshy And last my plain ol’ sunset [...]

Tags: cherry tree hill, dream in color, projects, sanguine gryphon, socks, UFO

Thank you, everyone who commented! Especially for the compliments on the yarn. I hope to be able to do more lovely color combinations, and might be overdyeing some of the current store colorways in the future. I would love to hear what you look for in a sock yarn colorway if you care to share! [...]

Tags: giveaway, roses, sock, yarn

Knitting with one hand is hard. Over the course of the Tour de Fleece, a spinning personal challenge that runs parallel to the Tour de France, I seem to have injured my left rotator cuff with overzealous spindling. This whole cycle of obsession and injury is alarmingly common in my life, and it really needs [...]

Tags: gimp, injury, lace, projects, socks, toe up, yarn